Attachment for shirts



1938- Y A. LEWENBERG 2,128,421

' ATTACHMENT FOR SHIRTS Filed Nov. 6, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Aug. 30,1938.

A. LEWENBERG ATTACHMENT FOR SHIRTS Filed Nov. 6, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented Aug. 30, 1938 1 use STATES PATENT met mesne assignments,Brookline, Mass.

Application November l. Qlaim.

This invention relates to the packaging of garments and has particularreference to means for holding men's shirts in condition for display tothe best advantage and also against being disarb ranged while beinghandled.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive andemcient device in the form of an attachment or container for a foldedand laundered shirt which will serve to hold the same in its foldedcondition, and which preferably will also serve to shield the shirtagainst being soiled and crushed while being handled or transported.

To these ends I have provided a device of the class described having thepeculiar construction set forth in the following description, theseveral novel features of the invention being separately pointed out anddefined in the claims at the close thereof.

In the accompanying drawings:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a container constructed in accordancewith my ,invention showing a shirt in position within the same.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the container shown in Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Figure 4 illustrates an alternative construction.

Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Figure 6 shows the container of Fig. 4v with a shirt in positiontherein.

The embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 is a flattubular container attachment for a laundered and folded shirt andcomprises atubular body structure made with a front wall [0 and a backwall II. This body structure may conveniently be produced from a singlepiece of thin flexible sheet material such as pasteboard, if thewindowpane hereinafter referred to is omitted, said sheet being foldedsharply as at I2 and I3 on spaced apart parallel lines so that itsopposite side marginal portions at the back overlap as at I4 and saidoverlapping portions may be cemented or otherwise fastened together.

I At its upper end the front wall I0 is provided with an arcuatecollar-supporting strip or flap I 5 whose lower concaved marginalportion is hingedly connected at its middle by a neck It with the topmarginal portion of front wall I0, said hinge connection or neck beingalso centrally disposed with respect to the opposite sides of the frontwall. This flap I5 may conveniently be produced by slitting the frontwall I I! inwardly from its opposite sides as at l I and when completedthe flap includes as parts thereof two free end wings I8.

As shown in Fig. 2 the rear wall I I is longer W Lewenbel'g,

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than the front wall II) with its flap I5 so that its upper end portionextends somewhat beyond said flap B5 to support the upper portion of theshirt at the rear thereof.

The back wall l I is made with a pair of closely adJacent finger-holesis through whichfingers of one hand may be inserted to open the tubularbody structure for the reception of the shirt S which is slid thereintoby using the other hand. When the shirt is in position within thetubular body structure the neck it is bent over the top of the shirtcollar at the front thereof and flap It is folded inwardly into thecollar of the shirt as shown in Fig. l, the end wings i8 conformingthemselves to the shape of the interior of the col- 7 lar and throughtheir inherent resiliency and some degree of stiffness pressing againstthe interior of said collar so as to hold the same in shape andposition.

Preferably, though not essentially, the front wall It is made with awindow opening or window openings 20 through which the front of theshirt is exposedto view. To protect the front of the shirt the saidwindow openings are preferably closed by panes of thin flexibletransparent sheet material provided by a piece of Cellophane or the like22 whose marginal portions may be cemented or otherwise fastened to theinner surface of the front wall I0.

The form of myinvention illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 is also designedfor the reception (if a shirt having an attached wing collar so as todisplay the wings of the latter and accordingly the flap I5 is connectedwith the upper end of the front panel ill by an elongate neck I 6 andsaid upper end is formed with indentures 22 at opposite sides of, andimmediately adjacent to, said neck to accommodate the wings of the shirtcollar as shown in Fig. 6.

Also, in this form of my invention the finger holes IQ of Fig. 2 aredispensed with and in lieu thereof the lower edge of the rear panel IIis formed with a finger notch or indenture IS.

The elongate neck I6 of Figs. 4 and 5 is produced in part by slittingthe front panel Ill longitudinally as at 23 which provides a pair oftabs 24 which occupy positions under the wings of the collar of theshirt as shown in Fig. 6 and abut the collar band of the shirt so as tohold the latter against downward displacement within the tubularstructure while the inturned flap I5 holds the shirt against upwarddisplacement within said structure. Thus flap I5 and tabs 24 co-operateto hold the shirt against displacement in either direction.

In Fig. 1 the top portion of the front panel i0 is bowed outwardly inorder to insert the flap 45 within the collar of the shirt, while inFig. 6 only the elongate neck It is bowed outwardly to extend over thetop of the shirt collar.

What I claim is:

A shirt envelope, adapted to contain a collared shirt, said envelopecomprising front and back perts,,the front part, near its upper end cutinwardly from its side edges and thence downwardly at opposite sides ofits longitudinal center, forming a tongue having a. head at its upperend, and also forming a. longitudinal slot and parts at the oppositesides of the slot adaptei to enter between the folds oi the coll'aTrI'said tongue adapted-to extend over the collar at its ends and said headadapted to extend within the shirt.

- ALBERT LEWENBERG.

